Recreation Collection – Hamersly Library

Hamersly’s winter term newsletter is here!

library_sitemgr Posted on February 4, 2019 1010 views

Did you know that the library publishes a newsletter each term? It is always full of helpful information and reminders about your library. This term’s issue includes information about our new art exhibits, new equipment available for checkout, library services at the new WOU Salem campus, WOU’s textbook affordability initiative, and more. You’ll also find [more…]

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Results of last year’s library survey

library_sitemgr Posted on March 12, 2018 793 views

Last spring, almost 1,000 of you responded to the library’s survey evaluating the use and quality of the our collections, services, and facilities. That’s 584 WOU students, 143 faculty, 128 members of staff, and 100 graduate students. Thank you so much for your participation! We’ve crunched the numbers and created an executive summary with the results [more…]

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By request: new books in the Rec Collection

library_sitemgr Posted on September 29, 2015 891 views

Last spring we set up a Post-It board in the lobby of Hamersly and asked you what books you’d like to see in the library’s Recreation Collection. We were delighted with the flood of responses and have worked over the summer to bring in as many of the suggestions as possible. Some of them we [more…]

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New Books in the Recreation Collection

library_sitemgr Posted on January 15, 2015 743 views

We just got a fresh, new batch of books for the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone – from thrillers and mysteries to celebrity memoirs (we have A LOT of new celebrity memoirs) and everything in between! Below is just a sampling of our new arrivals. Browse the collection online or in-person to [more…]

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Most popular books of 2014

library_sitemgr Posted on January 6, 2015 586 views

Interested in what the WOU community was reading for fun last year? Looking for a good book to dive into before classes get busy? Check out our new display showcasing the most popular books of the past year from Hamersly’s Recreation Collection: from thrillers like Gone Girl to series sensations like The Hunger Games to nonfiction explorations of [more…]

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Scary books for Halloween

library_sitemgr Posted on October 27, 2014 805 views

Does your idea of a good Halloween include curling up with a scary book? If so, this list is for you! Here are some of the books we have right here in Hamersly that will give you a fright. Happy Halloween! “Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels [more…]

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New Books in the Recreation Collection

library_sitemgr Posted on May 3, 2014 650 views

We just got a fresh, new batch of books for the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone: Oprah book club picks, literary award winners, celebrity memoirs, historical fiction, and more. Below is just a sampling of our new arrivals. Browse the collection online or in-person to see all of our recreational [more…]

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Get Spring Break reading suggestions

library_sitemgr Posted on March 13, 2014 611 views

Do your Spring Break plans include lying on a beach, couch, or [you fill in the blank] with a good book? Need some ideas for what to read? Fill out this short form and your WOU librarians will get back to you with a book or three you might like! (Photo: “couple [more…]

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Your WOU librarians can give you books to read for fun, too!

library_sitemgr Posted on December 9, 2013 701 views

What better way to spend a stress-free winter break than curled up with a good book?! The Recreation Collection on the 1st floor of Hamersly has something for every type of reading preference – from sci fi to romance to poetry. Want a suggestion? Fill out the form below (or here) and your WOU librarians [more…]

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New Fiction in our Recreation Collection

library_sitemgr Posted on November 26, 2013 997 views

The long Thanksgiving weekend is plenty of time to breeze through one of the new fiction books we’ve added to the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone: fast-moving thrillers, hair-raising horror, poetry about pups, romantic historical fiction, funny detective stories, dystopia science fiction, you name it. Below is [more…]

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